Anis

Not to be confused with Anice or Anise.

Anis (Arabic: أنيس) is a male given name.

Anis

Gender	Male
Other gender
Feminine	Anisa
Origin
Meaning	Genial, close friend[1]
Other names
Variant form(s)	Enis

In the Balkans, Anis is popular among Bosniaks in the former Yugoslav nations. It is also popular among Albanians. The name is a modification to the name Enis, and it holds the same meanings of "genial" and "close friend."

The female equivalent to Anis is Anisa (for example, Anisa Guajardo).

People

In arts

• Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi, German rapper known as Bushido (born 1978)
• Anis Kachohi (born 1977), French country singer
• Anis Mojgani (born 1977), American spoken-word poet
• Anis Nagi (1939–2010), Pakistani poet
• Anis Shimada, lead singer of the Japanese band Monoral
• Mir Babar Ali Anis (1802–1874), Urdu poet from northern India
• Anees Bazmee (born 1962), Indian filmmaker

In sport

• Anis Ahmed (born 1973), field hockey player
• Anis Ananenka (born 1985), Belarusian middle-distance runner
• Anis Ayari (born 1982), Tunisian footballer
• Anis Boussaïdi (born 1981), Tunisian footballer
• Anis Mehmeti (born 2001), English footballer of Albanian descent
• Anis Riahi (born 1971), Tunisian decathlete
• Anis Selmouni (born 1979), Moroccan athlete
• Anis Hadj Moussa (born 2002), Algerian footballer

In other fields

• Anis Ahmad (born 1944), Pakistani social scientist, educationist and professor
• Anis Ahmed (military officer) (born 1947), Pakistani military officer
• Anis Haffar, educational theorist, teacher, columnist and author
• Anis Kaimkhani, Pakistani politician
• Anis al-Naqqash (1951-2021), Lebanese political analyst
• Anis Shorrosh (1933–2018), Palestinian Evangelical Christian author, speaker, and pastor
• Mohammed Mohiedin Anis (born 1947), Syrian car collector

See also

• SS Anis, a coastal tanker
• Ani (bird)
• A short form of Anisette, anise-flavored liqueur
• Anisa (disambiguation) or Anieca, female forms of the name
• Anisur Rahman (disambiguation)